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A selection of OIA requests that we've responded to in 2024 where the information might be of public interest.

  • Personally identifiable information has been redacted.
  • Responses sent during a calendar month are published the following month.

May 2024

Whether recommendations on page 4 of the Income tax rules of report 31 May 2002 were acted on 2 May 2024 (PDF 165KB) Download document
Information about job cuts and FTEs from 1 August 2023 2 May 2024 (PDF 486KB) Download document
Number of times employers were charged the $250 payroll penalty for late filing 3 May 2024 (PDF 130KB) Download document
Documents sent by Inland Revenue to prospective businesses and proposal documents as part of the RFP process 7 May 2024 (PDF 7MB) Download document
Algorithm Charter of Aotearoa New Zealand 8 May 2024 (PDF 26MB) Download document
Interest earned on unclaimed money and use of this money in 2024 9 May 2024 (PDF 126KB) Download document
Response times for myIR messages in the past 12 months 9 May 2024 (PDF 84KB) Download document
Reference to registered charities in legislation through actions or public communications 10 May 2024 (PDF 162KB) Download document
Workplace culture and or sexual harassment reviews conducted from 1 May 2022 to 1 May 2024 13 May 2024 (PDF 205KB) Download document
Consultant expenditure related to restructurings and redundancies from 1 October 2023 14 May 2024 (PDF 203KB) Download document
Request for Briefing Note BN2024-058 - Additional options for interest limitation phasing 14 May 2024 (PDF 335KB) Download document
Request for copies of reports IR2024-015, IR2024-027, IR2024-029, IR2024-030, BN2024/058 and IR2024/075 14 May 2024 (PDF 361KB) Download document
Number of positions earning between $95k and $100k 15 May 2024 (PDF 100KB) Download document
Request for reports, correspondence, and records of meetings about tax paid by multinational companies in New Zealand 15 May 2024 (PDF 3MB) Download document
Kiwisaver withdrawal between 2019 and 2024 17 May 2024 (PDF 178KB) Download document
Total spend on contractors and consultants since 1 January 2004 20 May 2024 (PDF 118KB) Download document
Active investigations and staff involved with Gloriavale 21 May 2024 (PDF 186KB) Download document
Data on use of paid parental leave in 2024 22 May 2024 (PDF 203KB) Download document
Year the fringe benefit tax de minimis threshold was introduced 24 May 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Kiwisaver withdrawal statistics by region showing number and dollar amount monthly 28 May 2024 (PDF 267KB) Download document
Tax paid under the FDR method by Kiwisaver schemes concerning the foreign investment fund 30 May 2024 (PDF 180KB) Download document

April 2024

Income and expenses of creative businesses 3 Apr 2024 (PDF 579KB) Download document
Tax status of Christian churches 5 Apr 2024 (PDF 176KB) Download document
Total PAYE for under 18s for 2021, 2022 and 2023 8 Apr 2024 (PDF 212KB) Download document
Tax collected as a result of removing interest deductibility 8 Apr 2024 (PDF 345KB) Download document
Tax treatment of schedular payments and PAYE income 10 Apr 2024 (PDF 866KB) Download document
Documents supporting the bright-line intention test 11 Apr 2024 (PDF 746KB) Download document
Minimum repayments for overdue income tax 12 Apr 2024 (PDF 245KB) Download document
The Parliamentary Counsel Office and the Taxation Remedial Matters Act 12 Apr 2024 (PDF 158KB) Download document
Laws stating people must pay tax and the penalty if tax is not paid 15 Apr 2024 (PDF 193KB) Download document
Inland Revenue spending on public relations and communications 18 Apr 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Communications on the use of te reo Māori 19 Apr 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Proposals to reduce expenditure in the public service, including redundancies 19 Apr 2024 (PDF 784KB) Download document
GST paid to local authorities and councils 24 Apr 2024 (PDF 121KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's health, safety and wellbeing strategy, policy and performance 24 Apr 2024 (PDF 5MB) Download document
Total tax debt owed to Inland Revenue from 2016 24 Apr 2024 (PDF 168KB) Download document
Company tax statistics since 2000 by type of taxpayer 30 Apr 2024 (PDF 335KB) Download document
Debt forgiveness by gender for 2021, 2022 and 2023 30 Apr 2024 (PDF 122KB) Download document
The number of Inland Revenue search warrants and prosecutions since 2015 30 Apr 2024 (PDF 230KB) Download document

March 2024

Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme data 4 Mar 2024 (PDF 329KB) Download document
Total tax and total net tax, average income by age and occupation 4 Mar 2024 (PDF 488KB) Download document
Number of companies filing regular loan interest RWT 5 Mar 2024 (PDF 142KB) Download document
Child support process for formula assessment 5 Mar 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Data on income distribution of self-employed people paying child support 7 Mar 2024 (PDF 223KB) Download document
Reasons for KiwiSaver withdrawals 8 Mar 2024 (PDF 106KB) Download document
Wealth distribution in New Zealand and difference in tax paid 11 Mar 2024 (PDF 219KB) Download document
High wealth individuals report data on realised capital gains 12 Mar 2024 (PDF 166KB) Download document
Tax revenue by source and corporate tax by significant enterprises 13 Mar 2024 (PDF 145KB) Download document
Legal definitions of personal income and person 14 Mar 2024 (PDF 541KB) Download document
Statistics on company liquidations 2018 to 2024 15 Mar 2024 (PDF 324KB) Download document
Actions taken if PAYE indicates a child is working fewer than 30 hours 19 Mar 2024 (PDF 801KB) Download document
Income distribution between New Zealand males and females 19 Mar 2024 (PDF 524KB) Download document
Inland Revenue policy for referring child support payments to the Court 19 Mar 2024 (PDF 774KB) Download document
Restructures at Inland Revenue and consultation and decision documents 19 Mar 2024 (PDF 20MB) Download document
Inland Revenue collection of Court-imposed debt and number of Audit hours 21 Mar 2024 (PDF 138KB) Download document
Disestablished roles 1 August 2023 to 29 February 2024 and roles to be disestablised 26 Mar 2024 (PDF 284KB) Download document
Overseas-based student loans and third-party debt-collection agencies 27 Mar 2024 (PDF 126KB) Download document
New Zealand and offshore charities exempt from paying tax at March 2024 28 Mar 2024 (PDF 192KB) Download document
Prosecutions by GST or PAYE for last 5 years, and amount of GST and PAYE debt 28 Mar 2024 (PDF 909KB) Download document

February 2024

Inland Revenue’s debt collection guidelines and policies, including policies on calling frequency, and total debt, and total number of individuals with debt 1 Feb 2024 (PDF 265KB) Download document
Rationale behind the requirement to remain in New Zealand for 183 days to qualify for tax residency, when did the requirement come into effect, and documents for the last 10 years containing these recommendations 1 Feb 2024 (PDF 505KB) Download document
Total number of taxpayers using each type of Provisional Tax Method (standard, estimation, ratio, and AIM) for 2023 1 Feb 2024 (PDF 279KB) Download document
The number of top (1%, 10%, 50%) income earners and tax paid, the number of income earners by marginal tax rate and number of people by tax brackets including those not working 1 Feb 2024 (PDF 672KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s Active 'Copilot for Microsoft 365' licenses and cost of licensing 2 Feb 2024 (PDF 136KB) Download document
Number of staff in following roles (including contractors): Programme Directors Programme Managers Project Managers Programme or Project Coordinators Business Analysts Change Managers Change Analysts Communications and/or Stakeholder Engagement Managers 9 Feb 2024 (PDF 323KB) Download document
Latest modelling projections that Inland Revenue has for future total KiwiSaver scheme FUM balances 12 Feb 2024 (PDF 179KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's position on changes in tax policy, specifically bright line and interest deductibility, and relevant documents. 16 Feb 2024 (PDF 273KB) Download document
Purpose and rationale of Child Support Act, how proportion of care is determined, information MSD and Inland Revenue share, breakdown of child support liability and payments made and procedures for correcting a child support assessment when MSD has made an error 19 Feb 2024 (PDF 2MB) Download document
Provisional tax & taxpayer data & tax agent data 21 Feb 2024 (PDF 1MB) Download document
Total number of paying parents for Child Support registered as employees and number of the liable parents who are in arrears and not making payments for the past 3 years 22 Feb 2024 (PDF 330KB) Download document
Date of the Parliamentary Counsel Office – Inland Revenue’s MoU, has the MoR been briefed on the MoU, and plans to update Inland Revenue’s website to include information about the MoU 23 Feb 2024 (PDF 336KB) Download document
Rationale for KiwiSaver funds to be transferred to a bank and be invested with Black Rock; and evidence that people consent for their funds to be transferred to a bank and invested 26 Feb 2024 (PDF 403KB) Download document
Inland Revenue’s interpretation of the KiwiSaver scheme rules, and enforcement actions taken by Inland Revenue or other government departments regarding withdrawals under those rules 26 Feb 2024 (PDF 233KB) Download document
The mean estimated net worth of the top ten families and bottom ten families in the HWI Project population for 2021, as well as the mean estimated net worth of the wealthiest 1% of the Project population sample 28 Feb 2024 (PDF 177KB) Download document
Contracts awarded within the Taupo District related to external organisations/service providers within the last three years 28 Feb 2024 (PDF 243KB) Download document
Copy of the HWI report and related income statistics (income vs income tax, income vs GST, income vs direct and indirect tax), OECD BEPS Pillar One queries 28 Feb 2024 (PDF 166KB) Download document
Copy of the Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Revenue 29 Feb 2024 (PDF 228KB) Download document

January 2024

Cost of creating the IR logo and ongoing costs with upkept of websites since 2017 12 Jan 2024 (PDF 434KB) Download document
Difference between IR publication types (I/S, C/S & O/S, TDS) and average time taken to issue a statement 16 Jan 2024 (PDF 297KB) Download document
Average time for enforcement actions and average debt for business owning parents in arrears for child support 17 Jan 2024 (PDF 123KB) Download document
Number of dropped calls by week and month for the last 3 years 24 Jan 2024 (PDF 6MB) Download document
PIE income and tax for trustees with a PIR of 28% 25 Jan 2024 (PDF 200KB) Download document
Inland Revenue's hold music playlist 25 Jan 2024 (PDF 502KB) Download document
End of year expenditure on bonuses, presents, Christmas decorations and gatherings, and office closures for 2022 and 2023 26 Jan 2024 (PDF 329KB) Download document
Statistics on personal grievances, mediations, amount paid in liability insurance, Employment Relations Authority cases in the last 3 years 29 Jan 2024 (PDF 484KB) Download document
Total sum of all Unclaimed Monies (UM), date passed to IR, number of individuals owed, and how UM is tracked 29 Jan 2024 (PDF 666KB) Download document
Copy of the draft of the annual report under the Tax Principles Reporting Act 2023 29 Jan 2024 (PDF 152KB) Download document
Taxable income of super annuitants by income band and age from 2018/19 to 2021/22 30 Jan 2024 (PDF 259KB) Download document
Last updated: 26 Jun 2024
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